The Idiot's Guide to Making a DIY Drone! (I am the Idiot)

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  @leocrotet · 4 years ago (edited)

  Hi, great videoand nice job !<br><br>As an FPV Pilot, I have some advice&apos;s for you:<br>- Never try any adjustments with propellers on, this can lead to severe injury<br>- Using PLA and other plastic materials create a lot of vibrations making it really hard to tune and even harder to pilot, not smooth at all, you can use pla for prototyping, then create a carbon fiber frame<br>- You should stick to 1000-1500maH battery, it&apos;s not efficient on a five inches drone to fly with heavier battery (1300 is perfect in my opinion)<br>- Every cables inside the drone should be short as possible to avoiding making vibration. Especially for your power cables, they should be attach with your LiPo strap or anything else to avoid them from being cut by propellers.<br>- Your antenna is a bit too long and can add vibration to your drone. A shorter antenna cans help a lot. You should mount the antenna vertically to match your VRX antenna, this will give you a better range even with a shorter antenna. If you want to keep this antenna, at least, bend it to the top<br>- Add a capacitor on the power pad on your ESC, this help a lot and can be the cause of your mid-flight death spinning (cause we ear the esc rebooting).<br><br>Vibration is really the most important things when your building a FPV drone, especially on newer versions of betaflight. Every vibration is gathered by the gyro and need to be filtered. More filter you add on a gyro, more CPU is needed and less smoother and controllable is your drone. A youtuber nammed @ChrisRosser have made a lot of videos about vibration and filtering.<br><br>Hope this help, sorry for my poor English,<br><br>Leo,

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• AS

  @Asu01 · 4 years ago (edited)

  You totally missed the chance to start this video with <i>&quot;I&apos;m Greatscott and you&apos;re going to learn something new today!&quot;</i>

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• VI

  @victorhmg8080 · 1 year ago

  Hey its been 2 years! Lets do a new version of this

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  @tahirbintariq8934 · 4 years ago

  Thank God you did it. i have been waiting for many years for this. 😂

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• GU

  @gutrali · 4 years ago

  WELCOME TO FPV!!!!! <br>I&apos;ve been flying fpv for 8+ years. No one really understands how incredible it feels to fly a machine that only does what you ask it to, and nothing else. (And sometimes not even that... Lol) <br><br>I will never stop dancing in the tree branches! And building and repairing my electronic birds. So glad you&apos;re joining us

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  @TrippyRiddimKid · 4 years ago

  I understand your value for being able to reprint parts that break, but as someone VERY into the FPV hobby (many thousand dollars deep), here are a few things to consider: <br> <br>1. Carbon frames break WAY less than you would think. Well made frames like the Apex, Moongoat, etc are flown into brick walls, trees, and pretty much anything else you can think of at great speeds and can usually fly off with no issues after a quick turtle mode (flip over after crash mode). The Apex even has a warranty and they will replace parts if you break them. The most commonly replaced parts are motors and props. Props are a consumable, motors (for some people like myself who fly very hard) are as well. The arms are not. They should last you months or even years of flying around and just cruising. Until you start doing risky stuff around brick/concrete, you most likely wont break any carbon at all. <br> <br>2. Plastic frames have much worse flight characteristics. We moved to carbon fiber because it is much, much stiffer. Frame resonance for plastic frames is a big issue. The flight controller needs to filter out those resonances, which adds latency to your system. If those vibrations are bad enough, it can even burn up your motors and ESCs. <br> <br>3. Carbon frames offer the best durability for the weight. Carrying around a full size gopro, you really want to be conscious of the all up weight of the drone. Especially &nbsp;on a 4s build, heavier drones will have problems coming out of dives or stopping quickly due to voltage sag. The heavier the quad, the more your motors need to work, the more demand is put on the lipo. <br> <br>All in all, there is a reason the entire FPV community has moved to carbon frames. Until some of the more exotic composite materials are tested, carbon fiber offers the best balance of weigh, durability, price, and stiffness. <br> <br>Also a side note, you really shouldnt be holding the drone while it is armed. It is a lesson you will eventually learn yourself, but just, trust me... those props will win a 1v1 vs your hands. Ask how I know :)

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  @rafaelgcpp · 4 years ago

  Have you played with the PID parameters after recording? Too much oscillation can be caused by too much proportional and integral gains

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  @remainsmemories626 · 4 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeSDjjicGWY&amp;t=856">14:16</a>. Most likely the problems you&apos;re having are the results of your frame being not stiff enough, and that messes up with Betaflight filters

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• KE

  @Kevin-jz9bg · 4 years ago

  I REMEMBER YEARS AGO WHEN YOU SAID YOU&apos;D FINISH THIS IN 2022<br>I&apos;M SO PROUD OF YOU

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  @julien817 · 4 years ago

  This video came just at the right time I was researching FPV drones yesterday and this video solved a lot of questions I had.

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  @niklasprobst5241 · 4 years ago

  I&apos;d get a carbon fiber frame as its much more resistant against crashing.

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  @dragonarena5489 · 4 years ago

  Finally waiting for a drone video from u since 2017 😂😂

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